Sugar Grove to host top Lions
Waubonsee Community College's Lions Club will welcome Lions Clubs International leaders on Tuesday, May 9.
Visitors expected are Chancellor Bob Corlew, Milton, Tenn., LCI International president; Naresh Aggarwal, Delhi, India, LCI first vice president; Gudrun Yngvadottir, Gardabaer, Iceland, LCI second vice president; and Jung-Yul Choi, Busan City, South Korea, LCI third vice president.
Erin Almady, WCC Lions president, said the LCI leaders are expected to attend the WCC Lions' charter night celebration at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9. The event will be held in the school's academic professional center, Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive in Sugar Grove.
The public is invited. Tickets are $30 person. Deadline for reservations is April 17. Visit tiny.cc/WCCcharter.
It will begin with a welcome at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m., a charter ceremony at 7:30 p.m. and the closing at 8:15 p.m.
During the ceremonies, Corlew will present the members of the new club with their official charter. Members of the Elburn, Geneva and Aurora Noon Lions Clubs, who sponsored the formation of the WCC club last fall, will be on hand to congratulate members of the new club.
Corlew said, "I am proud to welcome these men and women into Lions. Sugar Grove will be proud to have such a fine group serving their community."
The WCC Lions Club has become involved with community-service activities. In its first project March 30, WCC Lions hosted an Empty Bowls soup-lunch fundraiser that raised $600 for a local food pantry.
WCC ceramics students donated 110 handmade ceramic soup bowls for diners to take home after their lunch. WCC faculty members donated nine varieties of homemade soups.
Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. Its 1.35 million members in more than 46,000 clubs are serving communities in 207 countries and geographical areas around the globe. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired, championed youth initiatives and strengthened local communities through hands-on service and humanitarian projects. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit lionsclubs.org.
For more information about the WCC event, call (630) 466-2936 or email ealmady@waubonsee.edu.